Although not specifically stated in each course description, the prerequisites for all courses, except those required by other departments, may include classification as an electrical engineering student in good standing. Students cannot take a course with an EEL prefix unless they have earned minimum grades of C in all prerequisite EEL-prefixed courses.
CNT 6805 Network Science and Applications
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 3135, EEL 5544 and knowledge of MATLAB or C programming.
Introduces various methodologies and technologies in network science and studies a multitude of applications of network science.
Credits: 4; Prereq: EEL 3111C.
Fundamentals of electronic circuits and systems. Laboratory.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 3111C.
Introduces the principles of semiconductor electron device operation.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 3112 and EEL 3135.
Covers the theoretical and quantitative perspective of bioelectrical signals reflecting the activity of the brain, the muscles, and the heart. Examines bases of modeling, measuring, processing and analyzing bioelectrical signals and systems, as well as common clinical applications.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 3111C and EEE 3308C.
Design-oriented continuation of EEE 3308C; feedback, op amp circuits and applications, digital electronics. Laboratory.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEE 3308C, EEE 3396 and EEL3701C.
Analysis and design of digital circuits using MOS and bipolar devices.
EEE 4329 Future of Microelectronics Technology
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEE 3396 or equivalent.
Surveys state-of-the-art microelectronics technology and prospects for future technologies. Topics include nanoscale MOSFETs, strained Si, high-k gate dielectrics, carbon nanotubes, molecular electronics and single-electron devices.
EEE 4331 Microelectronic Fabrication Technologies
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEE 3396.
Principles of microelectronic device fabrication. Emphasis on the fundamentals of microfabrication processing and microelectronic device process flows.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEE 3308C.
Fundamental RF theory (such as resonant circuits, matching, noise and transmission lines), radio operation and design of key RF circuit blocks (such as amplifiers, mixers and oscillators).
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEE 3396.
Physical principles of modern solid-state devices and their applications, quantum mechanics and fundamentals of nanoelectronics.
EEE 4511C Real Time Digital Signal Processing Applications
Credits: 4; Prereq: EEL 4744 and EEL 3135 or consent of instructor.
Real world digital signal processing (DSP) tasks are presented and solved in a lab environment that utilizes a Floating Point DSP and a development simulation and hardware emulation tool. Laboratory.
EEL 2000 Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering
Credits: 2.
Introduces electrical and computer engineering tools, both hardware and software. Professional ethics, career development. To provide hands-on experience, students assemble and test hardware projects.
EEL 3003 Elements of Electrical Engineering
Credits: 3; Prereq: MAC 2313 and PHY 2049.
Introduces the theory and practice of electrical engineering for students not majoring in electrical engineering. Discusses circuits, machines, electronics and systems.
EEL 3008 Physics of Electrical Engineering
Credits: 3; Prereq: CHM 2045, MAC 2313, MAP 2302 and EEL 3111C.
Introduces the fundamental physics underlying components and devices and their application to electronics, power, and wireless.
EEL 3105 Analytical Methods in Electrical Engineering
Credits: 3; Prereq: MAC 2313 and a programming language; Coreq: MAP 2302 and EEL 3135.
Application of calculus to develop the analytical tools used in electrical engineering. Real and complex functions; linear spaces and eigevalue problems; linear differential operators; and approximation, curve-fitting and interpolation.
Credits: 4; Prereq: MAC 2313 and PHY 2049; Coreq: MAP 2302.
Basic analysis of DC and AC electric circuits. Laboratory.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 3111C, EEL 3135 and EEL 3105.
Continuous-time signals and linear systems: Fourier series and transforms, frequency, response, Laplace transform and system function, analog filters; emphasis on electrical circuits. Sampling.
Credits: 1; Coreq: EEL 3003.
Introductory electrical engineering lab in electrical instrumentation, devices and systems. Laboratory.
EEL 3135 Introduction to Signals and Systems
Credits: 4; Prereq: MAC 2313; Coreq: MAP 2302 and one of the following: EEL 3105 or MAS 3114 or MAS 4105.
Continuous-time and discrete-time signal analysis including Fourier series and discrete-time and discrete Fourier transforms; sampling; discrete-time linear system analysis with emphasis on FIR and IIR systems: impulse response, frequency response, and system function; MATLAB-based programming for Signals and Systems.
EEL 3211 Basic Electric Energy Engineering
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 3111C; Coreq: EEL 3112.
Analysis and modeling of power system components. Magnetic circuits, energy conservation, transformers, and AC and DC rotating machines.
EEL 3402 Remote Sensing in Engineering: Science, Sensors and Applications
Credits: 3; Prereq: MAP 2302 or equivalent.
Remote sensing theory, systems and applications using information obtained from the visible/near infrared, thermal infrared and microwave regions of the EM spectrum.
EEL 3472 Electromagnetic Fields and Applications 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 3111C.
Transmission line equations, electrostatics, magnetostatics, time-varying fields, characteristics of plane waves and electromagnetic waves.
Credits: 4; Coreq: CIS 3020 or CGS 2425.
Overview of logic design, algorithms, computer organization and assembly language programming and computer engineering technology. Laboratory.
EEL 3834 Programming for Electrical and Computer Engineers
Credits: 3.
Develops computer skills and the art of writing sound computer programs using examples and exercises relevant to electrical and computer engineering.
EEL 3923C Electrical and Computer Engineering Design 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEE 3308C, EEL 3112 and EEL 3701C.
Student teams design, produce and report on a hardware prototype, meeting defined specifications and using a structured design methodology. Includes project management, hardware prototyping and project reporting.
EEL 4201L Electrical Energy Conversion Laboratory
Credits: 1; Prereq: EEL 3211.
Electric energy conversion, devices, and systems.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 3308C.
Circuit topologies, analysis, design and simulation of electronic circuits such as power supplies, and motor drives.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 3211.
Development of power system equivalents by phase network analysis, load flow, symmetrical components, sequence networks, and fault analysis.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEE 3396 and EEL 3472.
Introduces electromagnetic waves, dielectric waveguides and fibers, propagation characteristics of fibers, characterization methods, LEDs and laser diodes, photodetector optical receivers and communication systems.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 4458 and EEL 4473, or consent of the instructor.
Studies lasers from basic principles to operational characteristics.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 3472 and EEE 3396.
Reviews electromagnetic fields and waves, energy bands in semiconductors, p-n junctions and optical properties of semiconductors. Fundamentals of optical modulators and waveguides and photonic applications.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 3472.
Electromagnetic field theory and its application to antenna design.
EEL 4473 Electromagnetic Fields and Applications 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 3472.
Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic wave propagation in different media, antennas, waveguides, numerical methods and electromagnetic coupling.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 3472.
Introduces lightning discharge processes. Electromagnetics relevant to lightning measurements. Applications for determining lightning charge, current, location and characteristics. Lightning protection.
EEL 4514 Communication Systems and Components
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 3112 and EEL 3135.
Theory of communication and applications to radio, television, telephone, satellite, cellular telephone, spread spectrum and computer communication systems.
Credits: 1; Prereq: EEE 3308C; Coreq: EEL 4514.
Communication circuits and radio frequency instruments, devices and measurements.
EEL 4516 Noise in Devices and Communication Systems
Credits: 3; Coreq: EEL 4514.
Origin, characterization and measurement of random noise. Calculation of signal-to-noise ratios and probability of errors in communication systems.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 3111 or EEL 3003, or consent of instructor.
Introduces audio and sound engineering that includes the underlying theory of acoustics, electronics and signal processing; demonstrates modern audio engineering practice as applied to music, home audio, recording and sound reinforcement.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 3834, COP 2271 or equivalent and junior or senior standing.
Introduces the principles and practice of computer networking, emphasizing data communication and the lower layers of the OSI and TCP/IP protocol architectures.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 3701C.
Senior-level course on wireless and mobile networks. Investigates telecommunication architectures and protocols for wireless sensor networks and wireless embedded systems; Wi-Fi and wireless local area networks; mobile ad-hoc networks; next generation cellular systems and satellite networks.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 3112 and EEL 3135.
Theory and design of linear control systems.
Credits: 1; Coreq: EEL 4657.
Practical applications of linear control theory. Laboratory.
EEL 4665C Intelligent Machines Design Laboratory
Credits: 4; Prereq: Senior standing and EEL 4744, or consent of instructor.
Design simulation, fabrication, assembly and testing of intelligent robotic machines.
Credits: 4; Prereq: EEL 3701C.
Advanced modular logic design, design languages, finite state machines and binary logic. Laboratory.
Credits: 4; Prereq: EEL 3701C and EEL 4712C.
The use of electronic digital modules to design computers. Includes the organization and operation of computers, hardware/software tradeoffs and design of computer interfacing. Laboratory.
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 4712C or EEL 5764.
Fundamental concepts at advanced undergraduate level in reconfigurable computing based upon advanced technologies in field-programmable logic devices. Topics include general concepts, device architectures, design tools, metrics and kernels, system architectures and application case studies.
EEL 4736 Principles of Computer System Design
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 4712C and EEL 3834.
Broadly introduces the main principles and abstractions for engineering hardware and software systems. Includes in-depth studies of their use on computer systems across a variety of designs, be it an operating system, a client/server application, a database server or a fault-tolerant disk cluster.
Credits: 4; Prereq: EEL 3701C.
Experience in the elements of microprocessor-based systems, hardware interfacing and software design for their application. Laboratory.
EEL 4750 Foundations of Digital Signal Processing
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 3135.
Analysis and design of digital filters for discrete signal processing, spectral analysis and fast Fourier transform.
EEL 4905 Individual Problems in Electrical Engineering
Credits: 1 to 4; can be repeated with a change in content up to 4 credits.
Selected problems or projects in the student's major field of engineering study.
EEL 4912 Integrated Product and Process Design 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEE 3308C and EEL 3701C.
The first part of a two-course sequence in which multidisciplinary teams of engineering and business students partner with industry sponsors to design and build authentic products and processes, on time and within budget. Working closely with industry liaison engineers and a faculty coach, students gain practical experience in teamwork and communication, problem solving and engineering design, and develop leadership, management and people skills.
EEL 4913 Integrated Product and Process Design 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 4912.
The second part of the sequence in which multidisciplinary teams of engineering and business students partner with industry sponsors to design and build authentic products and processes, on time and within budget. Working closely with industry liaison engineers and a faculty coach, students gain practical experience in teamwork and communication, problem solving and engineering design, and develop leadership, management and people skills.
EEL 4924C Electrical and Computer Engineering Design 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: EEL 3923C.
Selected design projects involving engineering applications in the various areas of electrical engineering. Laboratory.
EEL 4930 Special Topics in Electrical Engineering
Credits: 1 to 4; can be repeated with change in content up to 6 credits.
Special courses covering selected topics in electrical engineering.
EEL 4948 Practical Work in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Credits: 1; Prereq: 3EG classification.
One term industrial employment, including extra work according to a pre-approved outline. Practical engineering work under industrial supervision, as set forth in the College of Engineering regulations. (S-U)
Credits: 1; Prereq: EG classification.
Practical co-op engineering work under approved industrial supervision. (S-U)
Credits: 1.
Intended for students interested in pursuing a career in sales engineering (required for students enrolled in the sales engineering certificate program). Lectures and discussions on practice-oriented sales engineering topics. (S-U)